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as in endured
to come safely through
the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall
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as in lasted
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America
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Recent Examples of survived
His grandfather survived and is still alive.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Jacobs is survived by his son Azazel Jacobs, also a filmmaker, and daughter, artist and musician Nisi Ariana Jacobs.
—News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2025
Moton, covered in Viola's blood, survived by playing dead.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Maze and her colleague Philip Paluso planned to incorporate many of those stories into their then-in-progress documentary about how Grunwald survived the Holocaust.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Brodsky is survived by her husband, Greg, daughter, Allie, and son, Daniel.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Payne is survived by his 8-year-old son Bear Grey, whom the singer shared with his ex, Girls Aloud singer Cheryl.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Shackleton and all members of the Endurance crew eventually made it to safety and survived.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
The original committee’s members were mainly leftists and liberals whose careers survived the political pressures to root them out of show business.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Jacobs is survived by his son Azazel Jacobs, also a filmmaker, and daughter, artist and musician Nisi Ariana Jacobs.
—News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2025
Moton, covered in Viola's blood, survived by playing dead.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Maze and her colleague Philip Paluso planned to incorporate many of those stories into their then-in-progress documentary about how Grunwald survived the Holocaust.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Brodsky is survived by her husband, Greg, daughter, Allie, and son, Daniel.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Payne is survived by his 8-year-old son Bear Grey, whom the singer shared with his ex, Girls Aloud singer Cheryl.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Shackleton and all members of the Endurance crew eventually made it to safety and survived.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
The original committee’s members were mainly leftists and liberals whose careers survived the political pressures to root them out of show business.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for survived
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Quinn Halstead, the 12-year-old daughter of Blue Jackets assistant equipment manager Dustin Halstead, was diagnosed in August with a brain tumor and has since endured several surgeries and multiple stays in a Columbus hospital.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Although the pair have been married for a decade, their relationship has endured rough patches.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Players and officials from both teams gathered to break up the skirmish, which lasted a few seconds.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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State of the pitching staff after the NLDS Only Chad Patrick pitched out of the bullpen on consecutive days, and the second outing lasted just four pitches on Thursday.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Ever since, Solotaroff has lived and died with 16 World Series appearances, 9 championships, and 35 trips to the postseason, including 26 trips in the last 31 years.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Researchers recently unveiled the faces of ancient Colombians who lived hundreds of years ago.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Kissinger visit coincided with the ending of the ban on political parties in Spain, imposed in 1939 after General Franco’s Nationalists prevailed in the Spanish Civil War.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Last year, rideshare companies prevailed in court after organized labor challenged Proposition 22, an initiative passed in 2020 that exempted Uber and Lyft from having to classify their drivers as employees and grant them benefits.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Schottenstein explained how the company weathered the backlash that erupted following the July launch of American Eagle’s fall denim campaign starring Sweeney, a Hollywood actress known for her leading roles in Euphoria and The White Lotus.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Each piece was weathered and color-coded to signal hierarchy and purpose, grounding the film’s grand concept of a migrating Earth into reality.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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The same — and more so — applies to Howe’s team, who have withstood injuries to Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento and thrived.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Popescu, the former foreign minister who is standing as a candidate for PAS, said Moldova has withstood Russia’s recent attempts to destabilize the country.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There was also a spike in flu cases last month.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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When the team returned to the site of the tracker Monday morning, there was no whale in sight.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Survived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survived. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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